- Alfred Brendel was born on January 5, 1931 in Vízmberk, Czechoslovakia [now Loucná nad Desnou, Czech Republic]. He is known for Ex Machina (2014), Legend (2015) and Red, White & Royal Blue (2023). He was married to Irene Semler and Iris Heymann-Gonzala. He died on June 17, 2025 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesIrene Semler(1975 - 2012) (divorced, 3 children)Iris Heymann-Gonzala(1960 - 1972) (divorced, 1 child)
- ChildrenSophie BrendelDoris BrendelAdrian BrendelKatharina Brendel
- Pianist.
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Queen's Honours List for his services to music.
- Raised in Zagreb, educated in Graz and sidelined in Vienna.
- After the war, Brendel composed music as well as continuing to play the piano, to write and to paint. But he never had more formal piano lessons and was largely self-taught after age 16.
- Alfred Brendel was a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer noted for his performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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